A stadium in Barrackpore has been converted into a satellite Covid-19 facility of Nehru Memorial Techno Global Hospital.
The centre, inaugurated on Monday, has onsite doctors and nurses to monitor patients. Other facilities include oxygen administration (including high-flow support) and X-ray.
It is primarily for patients from Barrackpore, Khardah, Titagarh and nearby areas.
The centre has been set up by Nehru Memorial Techno Global Hospital, under the aegis of Techno India Group.
An official of the hospital said the New Barrackpore MLA, Raj Chakraborty, had approached them for the facility at Royal Park.
The centre has started with 35 beds and will add another 35 in a week and 30 more by June 7.
“We have 200 beds at our hospital and 90 per cent of them have been dedicated to Covid patients. The government has asked hospitals to upgrade their infrastructure, so we came up with the satellite unit. It is located close to the hospital,” said Sanku Bose, the CEO of Techno India Group. A patient or his or her family needs to call the Covid control room (7439334624) of North 24-Parganas for admission to the satellite unit.